“Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is not something you 'give' to the other side.” PeopleGivingGovernmentRunningJobsSidesConcessionsGovernment Shutdown Author:Barack Obama
“None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind of driven, patriotic, idealist Americans to public service that our citizens deserved and that our system of self-government demands.” ShouldKindSelfGovernmentDifficultCitizensDemandFairsDrivenPatrioticPublic ServiceIdealistSelf-governmentGovernment Shutdown Author:Barack Obama
“I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.” PeopleAmericaPresidentRepublicanCongressFairnessGovernment Shutdown Author:John Boehner
“I campaigned in 2012 all over this country for months: 'Repeal and replace Obamacare.' That was not the mandate of the voters. If they wanted to repeal Obamacare, the 2012 election would have been probably significantly different.” IfsHas BeensDifferentCountryWantedMonthsElectionVotersObamacareMandatesGovernment Shutdown2012 Election Author:John McCain
“The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.” LinesSimpleBottomDebtBottom LineCeilingsDebt CeilingGovernment Shutdown Author:Charles Schumer
“What we see happening with this Republican strategy is a willingness to threaten the very foundation of the world's greatest economic power. That is a very risky proposition.” WorldEconomicRepublicanHappeningsFoundationStrategyWillingnessPropositionsEconomic PowerGovernment Shutdown Author:Jay Carney
“Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed are unconquered, beyond the border, unconverted, a future danger.” IdeasWholeGovernmentSpaceDangerBordersObedient Author:Lord Acton
“The Original Sin which brought us to the brink of bankruptcy and dictatorship was the Federal Income Tax Amendment and its illegitimate child, Federal Aid.” ChildrenGovernmentSinTaxesOriginalsAidsIncomeAmendmentsDictatorshipIncome TaxBankruptcyOriginal SinIllegitimate Child Author:Tom Anderson
“To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.” StatesGovernmentAnimalLimitsPlantSizeFacility Author:Aristotle
